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From the door and emergency exits of a China Eastern Airlines Airbus A330-300, evacuation slides are deployed. The fully inflated slide is 31 feet long.

How Things Work: Evacuation Slides

De-plane in the fast lane.
November 2007 | By Mark Huber

The Allegro

Fun Factor

We take a light sport aircraft for a test drive.
September 2007 | By Mark Huber

Sport pilots who choose to build the SeaRey kitplane can take off from and set down on both land and water.

20 Hours to Solo

Will a new pilot category restore the glory days of general aviation?
September 2007 | By Mark Huber

In the Dreamliner

How Boeing Put the Dream in Dreamliner

When aircraft designers wanted to make passengers feel happy, they turned to psychologists.
September 2007 | By Douglas Gantenbein

Composite fuselage sections for Boeing

Alenia's Gamble

To help build the Boeing 787's composite fuselage, Italy spends a bundle.
July 2007 | By Joe Pappalardo

In the 1930s, a group of air-minded Oregonians started one of the first homebuilding clubs. Here, the pilots and builders banded together against a new threat: federal regulation.

The Resistance

A hub of creativity for early airplane builders: North Carolina? Ohio? Nope—Oregon. And these Oregonians had an independent streak.
May 2007 | By Ken Scott

A & S Interview: Frank Robinson

The world's most prolific builder of civilian helicopters.
March 2007 | By Mark Huber

A & S Interview: Joe Sutter

The "Father of the 747" talks about the famed airliner's birth.
January 2007 | By Bettina Chavanne

Honda

The Next Little Thing

Why 2006 is the year of the very light jet.
November 2006 | By Mark Huber

The U.S. Air Force began using an off-the-shelf Skyhawk in 1964 to train cadets.

Cessna's Golden Oldie

What flies into your mind when you hear the words "light aircraft"? We bet it's the 172.
July 2006 | By Roger A. Mola

Superduperjumbo

Double the size of an Airbus A380? No problem, aerodynamicists say.
July 2006 | By Michael Milstein

The ramp at the Udvar-Hazy Center hosts airplanes, pilots and visitors.

In the Museum: Airplane Meet 'n' Greet

A Staggerwing wows the crowd on "Become a Pilot" day.
May 2006 | By Caroline Sheen

Didi & Sigi's Excellent Collection

How do you align your brand with energy, superiority, and effervescence? Build the best private airplane collection in Europe and the most sophisticated museum to show it off.
March 2006 | By Bettina H. Chavanne

Frozen in Time

Gloves? Check. Cockpit heater? Check. Engine insulator?
January 2006 | By Tom Harpole

Fifty years ago, Metroliners plied short-haul routes around the world (above, a Swissair 440).

Planes, Trains, and Waterfalls

A South African company revives a 1950s airliner and the lost art of elegant travel.
September 2005 | By Sam Goldberg

Boeing’s 150-seat 7J7 concept (left) would meld prop-fan technology and lightweight composite structure to deliver big gains in fuel efficiency.

The Short, Happy Life of the Prop-fan

Meet the engine that became embroiled in round one of Boeing v. Airbus, a fight fueled by the cost of oil.
September 2005 | By Bill Sweetman

The DC-8 lost its left outboard engine and 19 feet of wing and fell 500 feet in 10 seconds, but landed safely.

The Calculators of Calm

Just how far out of their way will airlines go to give you a smooth ride?
March 2005 | By Willilam Triplett

Hush Kits

Engineer to airplane: Stifle
January 2005 | By Roger A. Mola

Twenty-five victims were never found, including Bill Fortenberry. For years, his son Ken believed the navigator was awaiting rescue on a desert island.

The Mystery of the Lost Clipper

The Civil Aeronautics Board and the FBI abandoned the case 47 years ago, but two amateur detectives are still searching for the cause of the crash of Pan Am 944.
September 2004 | By Gregg Herken with Ken Fortenberry

The Junior Model 12, 1937 vintage, was a scaled-down Model 10.

Lockheed Electra 10A

The New England Air Museum discovers the power of Lockheed's 10.
September 2004 | By Phil Scott


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